1 drep
n. [A. S. drepe; Germ. treff], a smart, blow; the legal bearing of this word is defined Grág. Vsl. ch. 10–13; wound and ‘drep’ are distinguished—þat ero sár er þar blæðir sem á kom, en drep ef annars-staðar blæðir, ch. 51, cp. N. G. L. i. og, 164, Eb. ch. 23: trail, vide dögg.
2 drep
2. slaying, killing, = dráp, Grág. Vsl. ch. in.
3 drep
3. plague, pest, = drep-sótt, Stj. 546, Bret. 46, Sks. 731 B: a malignant disease, N. G. L. i. 145; metaph., Al. 86.
4 drep
4. medic. mortification, gangrene, Fms. iii. 184. ix. 36, Bs. i. 346, Fél. ix. 207.